Description:
Bhikshu Dharmamitra's massive 3-volume work is the first-ever complete translation of the immense Mahāvaipulya Buddha Avataṃsaka Sūtra, one of the most important works in the history of Indian and Chinese Mahayana Buddhism.
Brief description: Bhikshu Dharmamitra (ordination name "Heng Shou" - 釋恆授) is a Chinese-tradition translator monk and one of the earliest American disciples (since 1968) of the late Guiyang Ch'an patriarch, Dharma teacher, and pioneer of Buddhism in the West, the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua (宣化上人). He has a total of 38 years in robes during two periods as a monastic (1969‒1975 & 1991 to the present).